You know they are convenient at home but the trusty old crock pot is a valuable tool around the campsite as well. As long as you have electricity, you have an easy way to get dinner started and then forget it until it’s ready. No one wants to do a lot of dishes when they are camping and the crock pot offers one-pot-meal convenience.

If you want to explore the area you can set your crock pot up and dinner will be waiting for you when you return. Many use it to keep food warm as it comes off the grill. It helps in keeping foods hot while other items finish cooking. Crock pots make it easy to plan ahead. You can cut and bag the whole meal before arriving and then just pull it from the cooler and dump the ingredients in. [Read more…]